Why are the youngest mountains formed either in the circum Pacific belt or the Alps- Himalayas belt?
A) Because this is where the oldest and strongest rocks are exposed.
B) Because these are the stable shield areas.
C) These are the regions with the greatest political pressure.
D) These are areas of maximum plate convergence today.
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